News - The Voice https://spaldingvoice.co.uk of Spalding and South Holland Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:31:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-spalding-voice-logo-temporary-32x32.png News - The Voice https://spaldingvoice.co.uk 32 32 Claim county council faces £42m black hole in funding https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/claim-county-council-faces-42m-black-hole-in-funding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=claim-county-council-faces-42m-black-hole-in-funding https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/claim-county-council-faces-42m-black-hole-in-funding/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:36:20 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=282971 New figures reveal that Lincolnshire County Council is predicted to face a £42 million funding shortfall next year.  A BBC Shared Data Unit investigation has found that Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) is projected to face a budget gap of more than £40 million in the 2027/28 financial year – with officials saying they’re facing rising […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/claim-county-council-faces-42m-black-hole-in-funding/feed/ 0 Three arrested after report of assault in Spalding town centre https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/three-arrested-after-report-of-assault-in-spalding-town-centre/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-arrested-after-report-of-assault-in-spalding-town-centre https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/three-arrested-after-report-of-assault-in-spalding-town-centre/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:03:31 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=282968 Three people have been arrested after a report of an assault in Spalding town centre yesterday evening (Wednesday, August 27). Police say they were called to the incident in the Chapel Lane alleyway off New Street just before 6.40pm. A police spokesman said: “Three men have been arrested aged 36, 18 and 19 on suspicion […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/three-arrested-after-report-of-assault-in-spalding-town-centre/feed/ 0 QEH told to improve emergency and medical care https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/qeh-told-to-improve-emergency-and-medical-care/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qeh-told-to-improve-emergency-and-medical-care https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/qeh-told-to-improve-emergency-and-medical-care/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:07:15 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=282965 A hospital that serves the south of this district has been issued with a warning and told to improve its Urgent and Emergency Care and Medical Care by assessors. The departments at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn has had its rating ‘downgraded’ by the Care Quality Commission. It follows an unannounced inspection last […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/qeh-told-to-improve-emergency-and-medical-care/feed/ 0 Woman jumped in dyke to stop fire spreading https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/woman-jumped-in-dyke-to-stop-fire-spreading/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woman-jumped-in-dyke-to-stop-fire-spreading https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/woman-jumped-in-dyke-to-stop-fire-spreading/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:55:33 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=282961 A woman jumped into a dyke to use her wet shirt in a bid to stop a large fire from spreading towards a car on Monday afternoon. Tina Tomblin, of Gedney, was passing Barrier Bank near Cowbit, just as a stack of straw went up in flames. She received burns as she attempted to get […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/woman-jumped-in-dyke-to-stop-fire-spreading/feed/ 0 Police attend wedding after report of assault and criminal damage to bouncy castle https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/police-attend-wedding-after-report-of-assault-and-criminal-damage-to-bouncy-castle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=police-attend-wedding-after-report-of-assault-and-criminal-damage-to-bouncy-castle https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/police-attend-wedding-after-report-of-assault-and-criminal-damage-to-bouncy-castle/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:49:46 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=282954 Lincolnshire Police are investigating after they were called to a wedding on Saturday, August 22 following reports of an assault and criminal damage. They were called to Crowtree Farm at Wykeham at 10.45pm, following a report of an assault and ‘criminal damage to a bouncy castle’. A police spokesman said: “It was reported that a […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/police-attend-wedding-after-report-of-assault-and-criminal-damage-to-bouncy-castle/feed/ 0 Council says it will look to use clawback clauses https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/council-says-it-will-look-to-use-clawback-clauses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=council-says-it-will-look-to-use-clawback-clauses https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/council-says-it-will-look-to-use-clawback-clauses/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:35:44 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=282944 Whether the district council can put ‘clawback clauses’ on developers that successfully apply to say they can’t afford contributions to the community, will depend on each application, the authority has said. As reported last week, Emerald Homes has been told it doesn’t have to pay the £685,000 towards healthcare and education or build any of […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/council-says-it-will-look-to-use-clawback-clauses/feed/ 0 Rough sleeper money welcomed https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/rough-sleeper-money-welcomed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rough-sleeper-money-welcomed https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/rough-sleeper-money-welcomed/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:32:22 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=282941 The deputy mayor of Lincolnshire, Coun Ingrid Sheard has welcomed the £1.3m the Lincolnshire Combined County Authority has been given to combat homelessness. The district councillor for Spalding Monkshouse and county councillor for Spalding Elloe wards said that long term the Mayoral office will work with organisations at the ‘root cause’ of homelessness. Central government […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/rough-sleeper-money-welcomed/feed/ 0 Is sinkhole repair finally coming to end? https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/is-sinkhole-repair-finally-coming-to-end/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-sinkhole-repair-finally-coming-to-end https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/is-sinkhole-repair-finally-coming-to-end/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:54:37 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=282937 Anglian Water says it’s finally got to the root of a problem which saw a sinkhole develop on Enterprise Way several weeks ago. The road has been closed at its junction with Edison Court since late May after an initial repair didn’t solve the problem and further work was required to try and ensure a […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/is-sinkhole-repair-finally-coming-to-end/feed/ 0 Charity head backs objectors to cemetery plan for playing field https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/charity-head-backs-objectors-to-cemetery-plan-for-playing-field/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charity-head-backs-objectors-to-cemetery-plan-for-playing-field https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/charity-head-backs-objectors-to-cemetery-plan-for-playing-field/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:59:30 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=282935 Campaigners against part of a playing field being turned into an expansion of a Spalding Cemetery have been given a boost by a national charity. Most of the area of Chiltern Drive Playing Field would be lost as a result of the measure. South Holland District Council has revisited the proposal, 10 years after it […]

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]]> https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/charity-head-backs-objectors-to-cemetery-plan-for-playing-field/feed/ 0 Spalding remembrance parade to return from town centre https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/spalding-remembrance-parade-to-return-from-town-centre/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spalding-remembrance-parade-to-return-from-town-centre https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/spalding-remembrance-parade-to-return-from-town-centre/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:52:58 +0000 https://spaldingvoice.co.uk/?p=282928 Spalding’s Remembrance Sunday Parade in November is to revert to marching both to and from the town centre. That’s what had happened previously, but amid cost concerns over opening roads, in the past two years the parade only marched once to Ayscoughfee Gardens. Some veterans had complained about this. Now the Royal British Legion says […]

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